- 1 1 Whither is thyBe/()tT)edgone. . 399 -\ reach,that will not. come into.places where they sE R .XVIII / mayhearegood thmgs,there ts nohopeofthem, 1 1 though there be many ill fifh in the net, yet j there . is no hope to catch them that are withoutthe net. So thofe th3tetre kept out of all I opportunities and occafions wheref'y Gods Spi -l :rit may worke upon them, there ts no .hope of :them. ' · I Let us fearne this heavenly wifedome to ad– j vantage our felves this way, by improving all \good opportunities whatfoever whereby wee ·may learneJor God works by outward meanes: good company,and good difcourfe, thefe breed txcellent thoughts. As therefore we love our foules,take all advantages wherein the Spirit of ·Godworks,we fuall find incredible fruit therof. 1 m_ore thenwewould bdeeve. Butt~come to the ·Q!dHon. · , j See here firfi of21l in thisQQefl:ion,the hldfcd fuccdfe of the. Churches enquiry afier Chritl in thedaughters of lerufalem; 01frcr theyheard the ~ largeexplications ofthe excellencies of Chrift,. : efpecially by the Chorch, whom they had a I good conceit of, for they €all her, the foireft i among women. · And fedt=lg likewife the confidence of the 'rbat. lemon~ Church ·£he Ll:ands to it thu i5 mry Belovtt/ yea flratzwajfifle- ' • , J • onate confident, alfo eagerndfemthe Church tofeeke after htm, expti,atio• of theywould feeke himWith her, fo that where C~rifl, i& never h r. 1 c Id' f wtthout wBn~ t e1e meet , a arge un10 tng o the truth of droll4 fuccejfe. God, and that by perfons that are kno~ne to · be good, well accepted and ,conceited of, and where
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